WASHINGTON– The starters, reserves, and final vote candidates for the 2018 MLB All-Star Game have been revealed.
The game, which will be played on Tuesday, July 17 at Nationals Park in Washington D.C., will feature at least one representative from each team in MLB, including a number of players from our area teams.
Here’s how the rosters turned out (our area teams’ players in italics):
AMERICAN LEAGUE
C: Wilson Ramos, Tampa Bay Rays
1B: Jose Abreu, Chicago White Sox
2B: Jose Altuve, Houston Astros
3B: Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Indians
SS: Manny Machado, Baltimore Orioles
OF: Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox
OF: Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels
OF: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
DH: J.D. Martinez, Boston Red Sox
Pitchers: Trevor Bauer, Cleveland Indians
Jose Berrios, Minnesota Twins
Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros
J.A. Happ, Toronto Blue Jays
Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians
Chris Sale, Boston Red Sox
Luis Severino, New York Yankees,
Justin Verlander, Houston Astros
Relievers: Aroldis Chapman, New York Yankees
Edwin Diaz, Seattle Mariners
Joe Jimenez, Detroit Tigers
Craig Kimbrel, Boston Red Sox
Blake Treinen, Oakland Athletics
Final Vote Candidates: Andrew Benintendi, OF, Boston Red Sox
Eddie Rosario, OF, Minnesota Twins
Giancarlo Stanton, OF, New York Yankees
Jean Segura, SS, Seattle Mariners
Andrelton Simmons, SS, Angels
NATIONAL LEAGUE
C: Willson Contreras, Chicago Cubs
1B: Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves
2B: Javier Baez, Chicago Cubs
3B: Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies
SS: Brandon Crawford, San Francisco Giants
OF: Nick Markakis, Atlanta Braves
OF: Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers
OF: Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals
Pitchers: Patrick Corbin, Arizona Diamondbacks
Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
Mike Foltyniewicz, Atlanta Braves
Jon Lester, Chicago Cubs
Miles Mikolas, St. Louis Cardinals
Aaron Nola, Philadelphia Phillies
Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals
Relievers: Sean Doolittle, Washington Nationals
Josh Hader, Milwaukee Brewers
Brad Hand, San Diego Padres
Kenley Jansen, Los Angeles Dodgers
Felipe Vazquez, Pittsburgh Pirates
Final Vote Candidates: Jesus Aguilar, 1B, Milwaukee Brewers
Brandon Belt, 1B, San Francisco Giants
Matt Carpenter, INF, St. Louis Cardinals
INF/OF Max Muncy, Los Angeles Dodgers
Trea Turner, SS, Washington Nationals
Balloting is now open for the 2018 MLB All-Star Final Vote, in which fans choose from a list of five All-Star-caliber players from each league. The highest vote-getter from each will be added to his respective club for the All-Star Game.
Voting runs until Wednesday, July 11 at 4 p.m. ET.
To vote, click the link here.
